Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 20:33
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
33. accounted worthy ] Comp. Luk 21:36; Rev 3:4; 2Th 1:5. Sane magna dignatio. Bengel.
to obtain that world ] i.e. the genuine inheritors of the future aeon beyond the grave, Luk 14:14; Php 3:11. The answer of Jesus is not only full of tolerant condescension, but also of a divine wisdom which at once dwarfs into insignificance the most vaunted insight of the Rabbinic Hillels and Shammais. It is further most important, as being one of the very few passages which give us a clear glimpse into the actual conditions of future blessedness. These Sadducees erred because, in their ignorance of the Scriptures and the power of God (Mar 12:24), they were imagining a kingdom which could be inherited by “flesh and blood.”
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Therefore in the resurrection,…. At the time of the resurrection of the dead, in that state, supposing there will be such an one, which they denied;
whose wife of them is she? the first, or the last, or any of the intermediate ones?
for seven had her to wife; and she had no child by either of them; so that their claim seems to be alike; this they thought unanswerable, and sufficient to set aside the notion of a resurrection.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Had her (). Constative second aorist indicative of including all seven seriatim. So Matt 22:28; Mark 12:33 To wife (). As wife, accusative in apposition with “her.”
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
1) “Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she?” (he guna oun en te anastasei tinos auton ginetai gunes) “Therefore in the resurrection time, to which one of them does she become a wife?” Mat 22:28; Mar 12:23. You see they denied the existence of a resurrection and considered that they had Jesus inescapably entrapped.
2) “For seven had her to wife.” (hoi gar hepa eschon auten gunaika) “For each of the seven once had her to himself as a wife.” Mat 22:28; Mar 12:23. They had draw their conclusion on a fictitious self-manufactured case, that contained a false premise, which Jesus pointed up immediately, to their embarrassment, to show that the wisdom of this world is foolishness in comparison with the wisdom of God, 1Co 3:19. This story illustrates the hardness of hearts that reject the need of regeneration and refuse to accept the Word of God as final in all eternal matters.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
“In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife.”
Thus their question was, assuming the resurrection of the body, to which of the brothers would she belong as his wife when they were all raised again in the body? They considered that this therefore made the doctrine of the resurrection absurd.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
is = becomes. to wife = as wife.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Mat 22:24-28, Mar 12:19-23